{"data":{"id":"us-ca/mvc-951.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"MVC § 951.5","heading":"","body":"The public administrator of the county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public administrator belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran. If there is reason to believe that the remains belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran, the public administrator shall work with the county veteran service officer, a national veterans cemetery, the United States Social Security Administration, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or other applicable entity to determine if the remains belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran.","path":["Military and Veterans Code - MVC","DIVISION 4. VETERANS' AID AND WELFARE [690. - 1008.5.]","CHAPTER 5. Local Aid [920. - 975.5.]","ARTICLE 2. Burial of Veterans and Veterans’ Dependents [940. - 955.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"768c937b49fe0ae6fc56da78962f9f0387010ec963cbb068c48ca1796070badd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/mvc-951","next":"us-ca/mvc-952"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}